Updates from September 12th, 2007

Scott Wolf is reporting this evening that Jacki Gemelos may miss her second consecutive season as a member of USC’s women’s basketball team after possibly tearing knee ligaments on Tuesday for the second time in two years. The top recruit in the country from the class of 2006, Gemelos missed her entire freshman season at […]

Wednesday’s practice was relatively free of major developments–save for the news that LB Brian Cushing (ankle) would not start against the Cornhuskers. Some notes:

Although Cushing still predicts that he will play against Nebraska, he was unable to practice yet again today and a decision on him will not be made until Saturday. Junior Clay Matthews […]

Pete Carroll sat down with Petros & Money on AM 570 today to discuss Nebraska’s team, the elevated profile of the Pac-10 this season, the coaching staff’s perceived limited playbook used in the Idaho game (”we used what we had to to win the game”), USC’s recurring turnover margin issue, and the Trojans’ current injury situation.
Audio: Petros & Money Show (AM 570)

Michael C. Lewis of The Salt Lake Tribune profiles hometown star and current Trojan fullback Stanley Havili.  Many will cite the lack of a healthy, capable fullback as the reason for SC’s two losses in 2006, and the Trojan coaching staff, including Steve Sarkisian, is giddy when contemplating SC’s chances with a healthy Havili in 2007:
We can […]

Scott Wolf is reporting that Nebraska players were furious with last year’s conservative game plan against the Trojans in LA. This shouldn’t surprise anyone who watched the game.  It became clear early in the contest that Nebraska had no confidence in its ability to win the game so it was going to make sure that it didn’t […]

USC announced Tuesday night that redshirt junior CB/S Josh Pinkard tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee and will be out for the rest of the 2007 season. He is scheduled to have surgery next week.  Pinkard, who Pete Carroll famously remarked was the best athlete on the team last year, tore the […]